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To all,<BR> <BR>Ummm, in the previous message, what does "PCUS" stand for? The abbreviation does not appear in earlier messages in this thread. Thank you. <br> <BR> <BR>Ken Robinson<BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: sungoak@hotmail.com<br>To: koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws<br>Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 03:10:46 -0400<br>Subject: Re: [KS] Great Chosŏn Ramie Spinning, Ltd. (大朝鮮 苧麻 製絲 會社)<br><br>
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Dear <br>Rev. Cameron Johnson left Korea soon after his arrival in Seoul in 1892 and worked in Japan.<br>He occasionally visited Korea. He was a very conservative clerical missionary of PCUS.<br>So he was not related to the business in Seoul at all.<br>Best,<br>Sung Deuk Oak<br> <br><div><div id="ecxSkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 05:04:22 +0200<br>> From: klaus-dittrich@gmx.de<br>> To: koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws<br>> Subject: Re: [KS] Great Chosŏn Ramie Spinning, Ltd. (大朝鮮 苧麻 製絲 會社)<br>> <br>> There was also another American named Cameron Johnson, missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church, arriving to Korea in October 1892 and living in Pyeongyang around 1897.<br>> But I doubt that missionaries got involved in business activities in such a straightforward way.<br>> <br>> Best wishes,<br>> <br>> Klaus<br>> <br>> --<br>> Klaus DITTRICH, Ph.D. 클라우스 디트리히<br>> Assistant Professor at the Department of Korean History, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea<br>> <br>> <br>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------<br>> > Datum: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:51:01 -0400<br>> > Von: Frank Hoffmann <hoffmann@koreaweb.ws><br>> > An: Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><br>> > Betreff: Re: [KS] Great Chosŏn Ramie Spinning, Ltd. (大朝鮮 苧麻 製絲 會社)<br>> <br>> > > Might "타운션 데슬나(American)" refer to Walter D. Townsend of The<br>> > <br>> > > American Trading Company? He was one of the most prominent, <br>> > > successful and relatively cash-rich American businessmen in Korea at <br>> > > the time.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Yes, it does ... but that is actually not one but TWO people:<br>> > Walter D. Townsend *and* a David W. Deshler.<br>> > <br>> > For the first one see e.g. the March 23, 1897, the English page of the <br>> > _Tongnip sinmun_ <br>> > (http://gonews.kinds.or.kr/OLD_NEWS_IMG3/DLD/DLE18970323u00_03.pdf), <br>> > middle of first column: "Mr. W.D. Townsend of Chemulpo returned to his <br>> > home from Japan by the Genkai." W.D. Townsend did run his trading <br>> > company there, Townsend & Co. That company exported U.S. gunpowder to <br>> > Korea and Japan. You may want to look for their ads in _Tongnip sinmun_.<br>> > <br>> > Mr. David W. Deshler--that is the "Co." in Townsend & Co.--Townsend's <br>> > partner since February 1897: see here the February 27 English issue <br>> > (http://gonews.kinds.or.kr/OLD_NEWS_IMG3/DLD/DLE18970227u00_02.pdf). <br>> > Right-hand column, about middle: "Mr. David W. Deshler has been <br>> > admitted as a partner in the firm of Townsend and Co., of Chemulpo. <br>> > Mr. Deschler is from Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A."<br>> > <br>> > Now the British one .... that I am not at all sure about: "영국 사람<br>> > 존손".<br>> > There was an American Presbyterian missionary, Fr. Woodridge O. <br>> > Johnson (1877-1949) of the Northern Presbyerian Church, a medical <br>> > doctor who was in Taegu from 1897-1913 and opened the "Miguk yakpang" <br>> > (American dispensary) there, the first Westener to teach Western <br>> > medicine in Korea. But again, he was American, not British. In general <br>> > though, his engagement would fit the description ... but this is just <br>> > a wild guess. Maybe someone has a list of British nationals in Korea <br>> > at the time? (E.g. in the 1984 _Korea Journal_?)<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Frank<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> -- <br>> NEU: FreePhone 3-fach-Flat mit kostenlosem Smartphone! <br>> Jetzt informieren: http://mobile.1und1.de/?ac=OM.PW.PW003K20328T7073a<br>> <br></div> </div></div> </div></body>
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